Imagine a patient with a known penicillin allergy who, prior to an elective cholecystectomy, receives an informed consent form that, under “Drug Side Effects,” makes a general reference to possible allergic reactions—without any mention of the patient’s specific allergy, without any mention of the planned anesthesia method, and without specific recommendations regarding preoperative measures. The…
A form collects data. An intelligent medical history tool organizes the data, checks for completeness, and determines the next clinical step based on that information.
Preoperative counseling prior to a scheduled surgery is one of the most fundamental medical procedures. It is legally required, medically necessary, and at the same time one of the most time-consuming parts of the preoperative admission process. In many hospitals, this process still largely takes place the same way it did twenty years ago: handwritten…
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